Mermaid Stakes (Japan)
| Grade 3 race | |
 Gullveig wins the 2012 Mermaid Stakes | |
| Location | Hanshin Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1990 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2000 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o+ fillies and mares |
| Weight | Handicap |
| Purse | ¥77,360,000 (total), ¥36,000,000 (winner) |
The Mermaid Stakes (Japanese マーメイドステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three and over, run in June over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Hanshin Racecourse.[1]
It was first run in 1996 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. The 2006 contest took place at Kyoto Racecourse.
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Shinin Racer | 5 | Hiroshi Kawachi | Takashi Takahashi | 2:00.6 |
| 1997 | Air Groove | 4 | Yutaka Take | Yuji Ito | 2:02.6 |
| 1998 | Run For The Dream | 4 | Hiroshi Kawachi | Kotaro Tanaka | 2:00.0 |
| 1999 | Erimo Excel | 4 | Hitoshi Matoba | Keiji Kato | 2:03.6 |
| 2000 | Fusaichi Airedale | 4 | Katsumi Ando | Kunihide Matsuda | 1:58.9 |
| 2001 | Taiki Polar | 5 | Katsumi Ando | Shigeki Matsumoto | 1:59.2 |
| 2002 | Yakamatsu Suzuran | 5 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Kaneo Ikezoe | 1:59.1 |
| 2003 | Rosebud | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kojiro Hashiguchi | 2:03.7 |
| 2004 | Admire Groove | 4 | Yutaka Take | Mitsuru Hashida | 2:00.0 |
| 2005 | Daiwa El Cielo | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Kunihide Matsuda | 2:00.5 |
| 2006 | Solid Platinum | 3 | Yukio Abe | Norihiro Tanaka | 2:01.1 |
| 2007 | Dear Chance | 6 | Yutaka Take | Izumu Shimizu | 1:58.4 |
| 2008 | Toho Shine | 5 | Yosuke Kono | Hiroki Sakiyama | 2:03.5 |
| 2009 | Cosmo Platina | 6 | Ryuji Wada | Toru Miya | 2:00.2 |
| 2010 | Brightia Pulse | 5 | Kota Fujioka | Osamu Hirata | 1:59.5 |
| 2011 | Fumino Imagine | 5 | Keisuke Dazai | Masaru Honda | 2:00.4 |
| 2012 | Gullveig | 4 | Craig Williams | Katsuhiko Sumii | 1:59.9 |
| 2013 | Marcellina | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 1:59.4 |
| 2014 | Dia De La Madre | 4 | Kota Fujioka | Katsuhiko Sumii | 1:59.4 |
| 2015 | Chateau Blanche | 5 | Kota Fujioka | Yoshitada Takahashi | 2:00.5 |
| 2016 | Lilavati | 5 | Fuma Matsuwaka | Sei Ishizaka | 1:59.3[2] |
| 2017 | Maximum de Paris | 5 | Yusuke Fujioka | Shigeki Matsumo | 1:59.5[3] |
| 2018 | Andriette | 6 | Kyosuke Kokubun | Kazuya Makita | 1:59.1[4] |
| 2019 | Solace | 4 | Fuma Matsuwaka | Masayuki Nishimura | 2:00.3 |
| 2020 | Summer Scent | 4 | Manabu Sakai | Takashi Saito | 2:01.1 |
| 2021 | Shamrock Hill | 4 | Takashi Fujikake | Shozo Sasaki | 2:00.4 |
| 2022 | Win Mighty | 5 | Ryuji Wada | Tadao Igarashi | 1:58.3 |
| 2023 | Big Ribbon | 5 | Atsuya Nishimura | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 1:58.5 |
See also
References
- ^ "Mermaid Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 12 June 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 11 June 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 10 June 2018.